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Oskar Fischinger
Oskar Fischinger
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Born:
Gelnhausen, Germany
on
6/22/1900
Died:
2/1/1967
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Pioneer animator known for his early application of jazz and classical music to cartoons. Fischinger also created special effects on "The Big Broadcast of 1937" (1936) and on Fritz Lang's "The Woman in the Moon" (1929) and won critical acclaim for his abstract films "Composition in Blue" (1935) and "Motion Painting No. 1" (1949).
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American March
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Circles
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Color Rhythm
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Liebespiel
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Motion Painting #1
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Muntz Television Commercial
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Muratti Marches On
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Muratti Privat
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Optical Poem
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Ornament Sound
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Pierette #1
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Radio Dynamics
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Spiritual Constructions
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Staffs
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Study #10
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Study #5
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Study #6
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Study #7
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Study #9
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War Experiments
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Motion Painting No. 1
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Motion Painting No. 1
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Motion Painting No. 1
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Allegretto
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Allegretto
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Komposition in Blau
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Komposition in Blau
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Full Biography
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Pioneer animator known for his early application of jazz and classical music to cartoons. Fischinger also created special effects on "The Big Broadcast of 1937" (1936) and on Fritz Lang's "The Woman in the Moon" (1929) and won critical acclaim for his abstract films "Composition in Blue" (1935) and "Motion Painting No. 1" (1949).
Profession(s):
animation director, painter
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Family
wife:Elfriede Fischinger (born c. 1910 in Germany; married Fischinger in 1933; survived him; died on May 13, 1999 at age 88)
Awards
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Brussels Exhibition, Grand Prize "Motion Painting No 1" 1949
Milestones
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1933 Began working with color
1928 Responsible for special effects for Fritz Lang's "Frau im Mond/The Woman in the Moon")
1920 Began career as short animation filmmaker; designed wax-cutting machine for animation
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